General George Washington.

From an old French print.

GREAT WORDS FROM
GREAT AMERICANS

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE-
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES - WASHINGTON'S INAUGURAL
AND FAREWELL ADDRESSES - LIN-
COLN'S INAUGURAL AND FAREWELL
ADDRESSES, ETC.

THIRD IMPRESSION

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press

FIBKVBA

COPYRIGHT, 1898

BY

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

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CONGRATULATION AND ADVICE TO

THE GOVERNORS OF THE THIRTEEN

STATES

WASHINGTON'S FIRST INAUGURAL, 1789.

WASHINGTON'S SECOND INAUGURAL, 1793

WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS

LINCOLN'S FIRST INAUGURAL, 1861

LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURAL, 1865

15

LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS, 1863 . 185

INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION

189

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